Disney has no plans to end either the Star Wars or Marvel film franchises, according to its CEO Bob Iger. Iger confirmed the wonderful/dreadful news to BBC Newsbeat, and your gut reaction will say a lot about your feelings toward their ongoing contributions to cinema.
"There are five Star Wars films - four more with Episode VII: The Force Awakens - that are in varying stages of development and production", Iger said. "There will be more after that, I don't know how many, I don't know how often".
So what about Disney's other pop culture darling film franchise?
"Marvel, you're dealing with thousands and thousands of characters - that will go on forever," Iger said. Forever is a long time, especially since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began nearly eight years ago with Iron Man. The next MCU movie will be Captain America: Civil War, hitting theaters on April 29 in the UK and May 6 in the US.
"No, I don't think [audiences are] getting weary," Iger noted. "But I think we keep raising the bar in terms of telling stories that bring them back, that excite them, that make it feel new and that is what we do for a living."
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